One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The same words conceal and declare the thoughts of men.
Words are a pretty blunt instrument. There's always going to be slippage between the words and the infinite complexities of a thought. As a writer, I find that frustrating, but as a social animal, I wouldn't have it any other way.
By limiting or denying freedom of speech and expression, we take away a lot of potential. We take away thoughts and ideas before they even have the opportunity to hatch. We build a world around negatives - you can't say, think, or do this or that.
Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.
Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking.
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.
We must guard against disrespectful, disparaging, and criticizing thoughts. We must try to practice reverence and devotion in our thinking at all times.
One of the things that writing and speech can do is express what we're thinking one thought at a time.
Words are but pictures of our thoughts.